36. Working with the enemy

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A/N: So, I just recently found out that Yelena is Aro/Ace so there will be no Wanda and Yelena ship. I hope I haven't upset anyone. I didn't know. Please don't be angry at me 🥺.

In Aspen's bedroom, Aspen, Wanda, Yelena, Rev and Natasha were all piled onto the bed, sleeping.

Tony comes into the room with an air horn. He looks at the 5 of them. Tony sighs. "Rest in peace, me", he said before turning on the air horn.

Aspen and Wanda threw magic at Tony. Natasha, Yelena and Revera threw knives. Tony bolted out of the room.

"Stark!" Rev shouted. She gets out of bed and grabs her knife. "Get back, you son of a bitch!" She walks out of the room.

"Great. Now I have to prevent a murder", Natasha groaned.

"Do you?" Yelena asked.

Natasha gets out of bed and follows Rev and Tony. Yelena follows Natasha.

Aspen sighs. She and Wanda looked at each other.

As Rev chased after Tony, she ran into Bruce. "Hey uh...our appointment is in 30 minutes", Bruce said.

"Shit, that's today?" Revera asked. Bruce nodded.

"Shit, I forgot about that", Yelena said as she approached them. "Let's go then. We can kill Stark later".

"You're coming?" Bruce asked.

"Damn right, I am", Yelena said.

Bruce looked at Revera. "I would like for her to be there", Revera said.

Bruce sighed. "Alright. We can't be late", He said.

--

Aspen joins Steve, Natasha, Tony and Clint at the table. (I'm getting a 'James, Lily, Harry, Sirius and Remus' vibe from this sentence 🤣)

"Where is everyone?" Aspen asked.

"Everyone is sort of split up right now. Wanda, Pietro and Loki are with Sam and Bucky. Yelena is with Bruce and Rev. Rhodey is at a meeting. That's all I know", Tony said.

"Peace and quiet. That'll be a strange thing to hear", Aspen said.

"Me and Steve have a debate".

"Tony, not now".

Aspen and Natasha exchanged looks. Natasha shook her head. "Here we go", Natasha sighed.

"Steve believes Charlie should have had Edward arrested because Bella ends up in the hospital after leaving with him, but he has no proof that Bella was abused so technically, he can't arrest him", Tony explained.

"But he has abused her, Tony! It's a possessive and toxic relationship", Steve argued.

"Charlie doesn't know that, Rogers".

"Don't get me wrong, Charlie is great, but not paying attention to his daughter-"

"Are you shit talking Charlie right now?!"

"Language!"

"Ass!"

"Okay! Enough! He's right, though. We don't talk bad about Charlie. I do agree that Charlie should have arrested Edward because Charlie knows nothing about the vampire world. So, if I was Charlie, I would think Edward is abusing Bella", Aspen said.

Clint looked at everyone as if they were crazy. "I miss hearing the twins screaming at each other", Clint said. Everyone looks at him.

Thadden walked into the room. "Hi...um...so, I have some news that you might not like", Thadden said. Everyone looks at him.

--

Everyone follows Thadden to a cell downstairs. "I got Intel that in a few week, there will be a launch from HYDRA that can hurt Aspen", Thadden explained.

"What are they launching?" Natasha asked.

"I'm not exactly sure, but I will find out", Thadden said. "To shut it down, we have to get to 3 HYDRA bases and destroy them. There's only one person who knows how to get into the bases".


Thadden stops in front of a cell. Inside, Cal sat on his bed with his head down.

"You're joking", Natasha said, with a slight glimmer of hope that Thadden was joking.

"I wish I was", Thadden said. He knocks on the glass. "Hey sunshine!" Cal looks at Thadden. Then, his eyes went to Aspen. "Today is your lucky day. You get to help us and hopefully die".

Clint looked at Aspen. Her eyes were red. Aspen shook her head in disbelief. Her eyes went black. She stormed out of the room.

Aspen went all the way to her room. After slamming the door, she stood there, panting.

Her eyes went to silver. She felt scary of what might happen. She was worried Cal would betray them again, but this time, someone she cared about would get hurt.

Loki? One of the twins? Tony? Steve? Natasha? Oh god, what if Bruce or Clint is killed?

Aspen heard a knock at her door. "Aspen, it's just me", Clint said. "Can I come in".

Aspen nodded. She realizes Clint can't see her. Aspen opens the door. She steps back as Clint came into the room.

"I would ask if you're okay, but I think if I asked, the answer won't be yes", Clint said.

Aspen nodded. "You know me so well", she said. Clint pulled her into a hug. Aspen took a shuddering breath. Her eyes were blue with a purple tint in the center. She holds on tightly to Clint, not wanting to let go.

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